Deportation flights between the U.S. and Colombia have resumed following a dispute between the two countries that nearly led to a trade war.
A diplomatic victory against Colombia on Sunday capped the end of a busy week for new Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the subject of immigration.
President Donald Trump posted threats against Colombia on his social media platform on Sunday after two U.S. military repatriation flights were prevented from landing.
If Trump had carried out the threat of tariffs, the prices of many goods imported from Colombia could have increased, including coffee, flowers and crude oil.
When Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, refused military planes carrying deportees, infuriating President Trump, he revealed how heated the question of deportations has become.
A recent fight over between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro has brought renewed attention to the policies of the former Marxist guerilla whose priorities often run counter to Washington,
In his first week back in the Oval Office, Trump has quickly torn up his predecessor’s alliance-driven foreign policy in favor of an even more rambunctious 2.0 version of “America First.” His provocations have raised tensions with key allies on multiple continents — and set up showdowns with other leaders that,
The move followed a dispute between President Trump and President Gustavo Petro over deportation flights that nearly turned into a costly trade war between both countries.
President Donald Trump has already forced Colombia to accept deportees by threatening tariffs and is readying the same move against Canada and Mexico as soon as Saturday
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro averted an economic disaster at the 11th hour after diplomats from his government and the U.S. reached a deal on deportation flights, but the Colombian business community on Monday called for cooler heads to prevail as Colombians bemoaned canceled U.
The nations spent much of the day in a tense standoff, with the U.S. president threatening tariffs and visa restrictions after Colombia turned away two deportation flights.